Clothes-rack.



No. 674,779. Patented May 2|, l90l.

,C. LAUNER.

CLOTHES RACK.

(Application filed Mar. 17, 1900.!

(No Model.)

INVENTOR. C iarlesl 010262:

i rrnn CHARLES LAUNER, OF FITZGERALD, GEORGIA.

CLOTHES-RACK.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 674,779, dated May 21, 1901.

Application filed March 17, 1900. Serial No. 9113Z- N mod l-l To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that LCHARLES LAUNER, residing at Fitzgerald, in the county of Irwin and State of Georgia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothes-Racks, of which the following is a specification.

The object is to present a clothes-rack in which the rack-frame may be adjusted and held at any desired height, thus to facilitate the placing thereon or the removal therefrom of articles to be dried or aired.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of parts of a clothes-rack, as will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and in which like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts, Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of the upperportion of the rack. Fig. 2 is a view in top plan.

Referring to the drawings, A designates a post or upright, preferably circular in crosssection, which may be either sunk in the ground or be secured to a floor, roof, or other support. Upon the post are placed two fourarmed runners B, the same being held at the requisite distance apart by spacing-blocks b. To the lower portion of the spacing-blocks are secured the rack-arms O, which may be of any desired length and are inclined upward from the post, so that the clothes-lines a will be properly spaced apart to facilitate the hangingof garments thereon. These lines 0 may be secured to the arms 0 in any preferred manner, as by pins or hooks 0 around which the lines may be passed, as shown in Fig. 1. The arms 0 are held from sagging by braces 0 the ends of which are secu red, respectively, to the upper portion of the spacing-blocks and to the rack-arms near their outer ends, as clearly shown in Fig. 1. Upon the top of the post is mounted a pulley-support D, comprising a base d, held on the post for pivotal movement by a spike (Z and two braces (Z supportirig a grooved sheave or pulley d. The groove of the sheave is engaged by a cord (1, preferably of metal, and one end of this cord d is secured in any suitable manner to the rack-frame, by which name I designate the entire clothes-supporting portion of the apparatus, and the other end carries a pulley-block (1 the pulley of which is engaged by a rope or cord al having one end secured in any suitable manner to the rack-frame, the free portion to he brought into engagement with a cleat 0 carried by one of the arms 0, to hold the rack-frame at any desired adjustment as to height.

The manner of using the device will be obvious. The rack-frame is first lowered to bring it within easy reach, and the clothes or other articles are strung on the lines o. The rope d is then drawn down until the rackframe is raised as high as may be desired and is held thus raised by securing the rope around the cleat 0 By mounting the base (1 for pivotal movement on the post A twining of the cords d and cl around the post when the rack-frame is revolved is obviated.

Having thus fully described my invention what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- A clothes-rack comprising, in an organized structure, a support, fourarmed runners mounted thereon, spacing-blocks secured to the arms of the runners for holding the latter at the proper distance apart, rack-arms secured to the lower portion of, the spacingblocks, braces connected with the upper por tion of the spacing-blocks and with the arms near their outer extremities, hooks carried by the said arms, lines. held on the arms by the hooks, a sheave supported for pivotal movement on the upper end of the support, a rope or cord secured at one end to the rackframe and passing over the sheave, a pulley block carried by the free end of the rope or cord, a cleat carried by. the said frame, and a rope secured at one end to the said frame and passing through the pulley-block, the free end of the latter rope to engage the said cleat, substantially as described.

CHARLES LAUNER.

Witnesses:

O. H. HOFFMAN, ALEX. A. HARVEY. 

